Press Releases
ECOWAS statement on the recent incident which occurred in Kanilai (Republic of the Gambia)
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has learnt with great concern, of the violent incident which occurred on the 2nd June 2017 involving some residence of Kanilai (119 km to the East of Banjul City) … Continue reading
Regional public and private sector representatives meet on investment
Lagos, 6th June 2017. Over 70 public and private sector representatives from 15 ECOWAS Member States converged in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria on the 6th June, 2017 for a three-Day ECOWAS Investment Policy and Promotion (IPP) Workshop. Organised … Continue reading
Investment policy and promotion workshop for ECOWAS member states and the private sector in West Africa
Lagos, 5 June 2017. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank Group will co-host the ECOWAS Investment Policy and Promotion Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria from June 6-8, under the European Union funded Improved Business and Investment … Continue reading
Who succeeds Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the helm of the regional organisation?
Monrovia, 3 June 2017. The handing over of Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, and outgoing Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will … Continue reading
42 years after its establishment, ECOWAS makes significant progress in spite of the numerous challenges
Monrovia, 1st June 2017. The President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel de Souza, underscored the significant progress made by the regional organisation 42 years after its establishment, notwithstanding the enormous challenges it … Continue reading
38TH ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council reviews the region’s security challenges
Monrovia, 31 May 2017. Liberia’s Foreign Affairs Minister and Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mrs Marjon Kamara, lauded the positive results the regional organisation achieved in recent years with regard … Continue reading
Working towards the successful conclusion of the ECOWAS institutional reform process
Monrovia, 29 May 2017. Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Chair of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mrs Marjon Kamara, expressed the wish to see a successful conclusion of the institutional reform … Continue reading